The transplacental transfer of IgC subclasses: Influence of prematurity and low birthweight in the Gambian population

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-332

  Okoko, B J ^a   Wesumperuma, H L ^b   Fern, J ^b   Yamuah, L K ^a   Hart, C A ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOTHER; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WARD; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

GAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036982338     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125001985     Document Type: Article

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